err

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 191 words | Copyright

err go astray; †roam. XIV. — (O)F. errer :- L. errāre :- *ersāre, rel. to Goth. airzei error, airzjan lead astray, OS., OHG. irri (G. irre), OE. ierre astray, angry.

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